Discuss and consider action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent.  For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education code 11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, 48.2

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11. Discuss and consider action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent.  For the 2025-2026 school year, we delegated contractual authority to obligate the school district under Texas Education code 11.1511(c)(4) to the superintendent, solely for the purpose of obligating the district under TEC, 48.257 and TEC, chapter 49, Subchapters A and D, and the rules adopted by the commissioner of education as authorized under TEC, 49.006.  This included approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit or the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (netting chapter 48 funding).

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.